pothole

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Recent Examples of pothole Boston’s potholes have always needed fixing, and the Council has long been tasked with attending to matters that affect the lives of constituents. Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 16 May 2025 Smaller crews working fewer hours have ballooned the city’s backlog of pothole repairs from roughly 150 just before the restrictions to nearly 2,000. David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 May 2025 Information about potholes can be used to dispatch repair crews while salt trucks can be sent out to deal with icy roads. Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025 This designer tote bag also zips closed, so speed bumps and potholes are no cause for concern. Alyssa Grabinski, People.com, 31 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for pothole
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pothole
Noun
  • Schrodinger basin, a large impact crater near the moon’s south pole, shows evidence of geologically recent volcanic activity.
    Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 May 2025
  • But in the lower basin, the groundwater lies deeper and is largely disconnected from the river.
    Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2025
Noun
  • The team found that if an earthquake that caused more than six feet of subsidence were to happen today, the 100-year floodplain in estuaries in Cascadia would expand by 115 square miles.
    Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 30 Apr. 2025
  • At least 232 barns – housing as many as 5.8 million birds at once – sit in floodplains.
    Gavin Off, Charlotte Observer, 26 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • When camping in an open environment, select a campsite in a valley, ravine, or low region.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 8 June 2025
  • If no alternative exists, set up camp in a valley, ravine, or other low-lying areas.
    Bay Area Weather Report, Mercury News, 7 June 2025
Noun
  • For a time from the late 1880s, Redondo Beach, with its steep, deep offshore canyon, did a brisk trade as a port for lumber to build L.A.
    Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2025
  • If your summer vacation plans include exploring sandstone canyons, watching wildlife or gawking at geothermal wonders, this may not be the year to do so at a national park.
    Ruffin Prevost, New York Times, 21 May 2025
Noun
  • In addition to six hours of music and dancing, guests can enjoy food, kettle corn, soft drinks, wine and beer, a family fun zone, prizes, raffle items and a silent auction.
    Ramona Sentinel, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2025
  • Amazon is having a huge sale on small kitchen appliances like Ninja air fryers, KitchenAid hand blenders and electric kettles.
    BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2025
Noun
  • Now in its 51st year, the Snowmass Rodeo takes place every Wednesday, rain or shine, delivering classic events like barrel riding, saddle bronc, bull riding and more.
    Sarah Kuta, Denver Post, 14 May 2025
  • The drive unit incorporates the saddle, the front wheel, and a steering wheel equipped with front and rear brake levers.
    Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 10 May 2025
Noun
  • In this twisted section of ice and crevasses, crowds occur next to vertical sections.
    Ben Ayers, Outside Online, 17 May 2025
  • Visitors can walk around the deep crevasses, hike through a kaleidoscope of vivid green and blue ice, or even camp within the seemingly endless landscape of silence and ice.
    Katherine Alex Beaven, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 May 2025
Noun
  • The gulch is in the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.
    Graham Averill, Outside Online, 16 Apr. 2025
  • Press releases from the attorneys general emphasize the gulch between the leaders, a microcosm of their significantly different approaches to running the agency.
    Ella Lee, The Hill, 26 Mar. 2025

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“Pothole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pothole. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.

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